The next hurricane in line is waiting for its number to be called and that is coming soon.

Hurricane Ike trashed Cuba and weakened to a Category 2 storm as — and this is the important part — it heads toward the Gulf of Mexico. And what part of the Gulf of Mexico? Repeat after me: “The Texas-Louisiana coast!”

Gov. Bobby Jindal has already declared another emergency declaration for storm-weary Louisiana, where the folks are just now returning to a state where one-third of the people are still without power. Gas stations are closed, homes are dark and there are still large chunks of tree everywhere. Also, those levee projects that weren’t finished last week are still unfinished this week, and they will be unfinished next week when the storm could make landfall at the mouth of the Mississippi.

Or, it could hit Texas.

The presidential campaign is now entering the stretch run

Sen. John McCain’s pick of Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate has revitalized the Republican base and re-visited a political meme that’s been unseen since President Bill Clinton’s last days in office: presidential sex.

Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden have been laying low, trying to figure out how to steal the thunder back. One suggestion: Biden should body check the so-called “hockey mom” into the boards.

High school game of the year so far

New Braunfels and Madison will square off in a Thursday night game that will be televised across the state.

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I know it’s a typo but I can assure you….the iPod Touch is anything but tough. I dropped mine on the floor of an airplane and that was all she wrote. a three foot fall killed it. I’ll never buy another one either. My Archos has been hit by a golf ball accidentally and still plays just fine.

If this storm heads for NOLA, that could be a recipe for disaster. All those people may not be able to evacuate again due to financial constraints. As is, every available bus within 200 miles of NOLA was used for Gustav.